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47. A. lumdata, R. Br. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises stramineous, glabrous 

 below, densely muricated ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, 

 ligulate, sessile, 4-5 in. 1., j-1 in. br. ; segm. close, ligulate falcate, blunt, 1 lin. 

 br., obscurely crenulate ; texture subcoriaceous ; botli sides green, glabrous, the 

 midrib below naked or obscurely furfuraceous ; veins distinct, crowded, 10-12-ju- 

 gate, deeply forked ; sori minute, subcostular, recept. densely pilose. — HJc, Sp. 

 l.p.61. Brack. Fil. i. S9. Carr. Fl. Fit. p. S3i. 



Hab. Polynesia. — Prom the common Viti plant, as described, the following are dis- 

 tinguishable : inter-media, Mett., N. Caledonia, segments broader, veins and sori more 

 distant ; Bongardiana (Mett.), Bonin, segments broader, entire, rather glaacous below, 

 with copious scattered scales, veins more distant and obscure ; mtiends, Carruth., Viti 

 and Samoa, texture more rigid, veins and sori more crowded, midribs below densely 

 Boaly ; Veiichii, Baker, Aneitum, texture less coriaceous, veins less distinct, segments 

 narrow,, subacute, densely scaly on midribs beneath. 



*** Species of India, Ceylon, Malaya, Sp. 48-63. 



48. A. alternans, Hk. ; racMs much thicker than a swan's quill, glabrous, 

 smooth, tawny-brown ; Jr. ample, subcoriaceous, glabrous, subtripinnate ; prim, 

 pinnm short-petiolate, very remote, 10-14 in. 1., 2-3 in. w., oblong, acuminate, 

 deeply pinnatifid, pinnated near the base ; lobes or pinnl. 1-1^ in. 1., oblong, 

 acute, subfalcate, entire or serrate, all horizontal, the extremity of the frond 

 suddenly pinnated with oblong, undivided, sessile pinnl., serrated at the margin ; 

 veins approximate, once or twice forked ; sori subbiseriate on each pinnl. or 

 lobe, subglobose, compact, mixed with rather copious jointed hairs. — Polypod. 

 Wall. Hemitelia? BL Sp. F. 1. p. 29. Ic. PI. t. 622 {omitting f. 3). 



Hab. Penang, Wallich, Sir W. Norris. — In the figure above quoted, a depression 

 formed by the sorus on the lobe was mistaken by the artist for an involucre. 



49. A.I celebica, Mett.; "fr. tripinnate, coriaceous, glauco-sericeous beneath ; 

 pinnl. linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; second, pinnl. linear -subfalcate, rather 

 obtuse, crenulate at the apex, truncate and sessile at the base ; common rachis 

 furfuraceous, sparingly and slightly aculeated." — Mett. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Lngd. 1. p. 26. Cyathea? Bl. Hk. Sp. 1. p. 26. 



Hab. Celebes and Ternate, Blume, — A sterile fragment of this (and but little 

 more seems to be known) I owe to Dr. Blurae. Its characters, such as they are, 

 depend on the adventitious clothing : the rachis is muricated and furfuraceous ; thecosta 

 beneath is shortly villous and furfuraceous; and the general frond beneath is "glauoo- 

 "serioeoua." 



60. A. comosa, Hk. ; unarmed ; st. paleaceous with long linear - subulate 

 scales, pale brown, as well as the rachises, which are tawny-viilous on the upper 

 side ; fr. herbaceous, yellow-green, glabrous, and scaleless ; prim, pinnce 14-16 

 in. 1., 6-8 in. w. ; pinnl. oblong-acuminate, from a rather broad and truncated 

 sessile or shortly petioled base serrated | of the way to the costule, pinnatifid 

 with very narrow sinuses ; lobes close - placed, oblong - serrated ; veins rarely 

 forked ; sori orange-colour, rather distant, between the costule and the margin, 

 nearer the latter, receptacle small, very slightly elevated. — Hh Sp, 1. p. 63. t. 

 20. A. {esccl. var. 13). A. squamulata, Mett, A. oligosora, Kunxe. 



Hab. Sincapore and Malay Isles. 



61. A. contamiinams,'W?iS\. ; st. and rachides "paleaceous at the base," purplish- 

 brown, glossy, aculeate with short prickles tipped with a gland ; fr. ample, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, black-green above (when dry), elaucous beneath : nrim. 



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